The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate examination and need for additional evidence, including SSA records.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner's opinion is based on insufficient information regarding the veteran's in-service injury and its impact on his current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic left shoulder disorder, left shoulder arthrosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0844174
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for chronic left shoulder and left hand disorders, finding that the evidence did not support a link between these conditions and active service.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for left shoulder arthrosis and granted it, finding that new evidence supports a link between his service-connected left knee disability and his fall. The right hip condition is not considered directly related to service or secondary to the left knee disability.
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